A researcher is comparing the relative ability of cohabitants and married couples to collaborate on making a family budget. What concept is the researcher using in this study?
a. continuum of social attachment
b. structure-functional alternative
c. intermittent cohabitation
d. cumulative instability
b. structure-functional alternative
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What characteristic(s) of work give craft workers relative security from layoffs?
a. Craft workers are generally pleasant coworkers. b. The skills of craft workers are difficult and time-consuming to acquire, making them harder to replace than less skilled workers. c. The tasks required of most craft workers are too diverse to be easily automated. d. Craft workers do not have any additional security from layoffs—they are as vulnerable as any other workers. e. both b and c
Gender stratification is supported by
A. a belief that views gender inequality as natural. B. individual sexism, not institutional sexism. C. the matriarchal structure of American society. D. norms and values encouraging gender equality.
Which of the following is a proactive social movement?
A. A group promoting a living wage. B. A group campaigning against gun restrictions. C. A group that feeds people in need each holiday. D. A group that supports religious fundamentalism.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Like Max Weber, George Simmel was concerned with the negative effects of rationalization. 2. According to George Simmel, we can come to know other people completely. 3. According to Simmel, modern society is much more dependent on trust and honesty than the forms preceding societies took. 4. Simmel argued that in the modern world public and political matters involve less secrecy than in previous times. 5. Simmel argued that in the modern world private matters are less secretive than in premodern times.